Of course not to be confused with real almond or badam, which is Prunus amygalus Batsch (syn: p. dulcis (Mill.) Webb.) this is Indian Almond-tree, desi badam (Hindi), Bangla badam (Beng.), Badamuchettu (Tel), Natvadam (Tam.).
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 7:52 PM, harithasandhya <[email protected]>wrote: > Yes, Terminalia catappa. > The fruits are relished by fruit bats and they help in dispersing the > seeds widely. > > Regards, > Sandhya > > > On Saturday, 16 June 2012 17:02:01 UTC+5:30, ayush wrote: >> >> This almond is locally known as badam. There seems to be various species >> for almond. >> Photo taken at Gadwal, Andhra Pradesh on 14.06.2012 at a guest house >> What is this speices. >> >> Regards >> D. Radha Krishna Reddy >> Chennai >> >
